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Seething! At the job market :marseystocksupdown: :soysnootypefast: :soysnooseethe:

https://matt.sh/panic-at-the-job-market

A :marseylongpost: :marseylongpost: :marseylongpost: long blogpost made by some neurodivergent :marseycheerupretard: guy who has spent 2 decades in the tech industry (including positions at STRAGMAN companies) and has gotten nowhere :marseysal2: and about to get evicted

The whole thing is written like someone who posts on 4chan :marseydrum: in an overly sarcastic :marseyfuckingfunny: and memey style. Its best summarized by the last paragraph:

The worst feeling is comparison. Comparison is the death :marseygoose: of happiness, as they say. I look at my own place :marseywinner: in the world :marseyww1german1: compared to people who just started at Apple or Microsoft :marseyclippy: 20 years ago then never :marseyitsover: left, and now they have made eight figures just over the past 4 years while my life path has lead me to… practically nothing. Then the tech inequality continues to compound. Imagine joining a company where :marseydrama: the teenage interns have already made a couple :marsey2commies: million :marseysamhyde: off their passive stock :marseywallst: grants and other employees have been making $2MM to $6MM per year over the past 5 years there, while you're starting over with nothing again for the 5th company in a row so what's the point :marseyhesfluffyyouknow: in even trying6. Though, did you know paying rent on a credit card still qualifies for points? Made $60 this month paying rent with credit card point :marseynoyoupedozoom: rebates7. whoops.

Well, at least the author :marseygeorgerrmartin: is fricking :marseytom: hot for someone in their 40's, and isn't some IT blob. I'd tap that blonde :marseyelisabeth: bussy!

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Orange site discussion here

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40986894


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I think this guy might actually be :marseyretard3: when it comes to finances. I initially took his comments where he was saying average established companies were paying employees $5k-$10k a day as hyperbole. Flipping through a few other posts, I think this guy legitimately believes the starting salary for neophyte devops should be around $500k a year, and should grow from there. Stereotypical delusions of grandeur, backed up by the grossly exaggerated stories of how he single-handedly has fixed awe-inspiring problem at numerous companies without a hitch, or how his ideas (if he could get funding) represent trillions of dollars in potential.

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hes probably thinking :marseywrongthonk: about all the tech jobs where :marseydrama: you begin at a startup and you get stock :marseywallst: options :marseystocksup: and stuff which can end up growing greatly in value


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Those startup lottery stories make tech look sexy but what they don't tell you is nine times out of ten you didn't join the one that became the next billion-dollar unicorn and the potty paper shares you took in lieu of a higher salary are worthless.

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